Recipe - Red Letter Day Torte

2 cup Presifted flour
1 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Shortening
4 Eggs
1 cn (1 pound) water packed
pitted red sour cherries
1 One half cup Sugar
3 tablespoon Quick cooking tapioca
One fourth teaspoon Red food coloring
2 teaspoon Lemon juice
1 teaspoon Vanilla
One fourth teaspoon Cream of tartar
Three fourths cup Chopped nuts

*Be sure to note that out of the 4 eggs, 3 are divided with yolks being
used in one part and the whites in another.

Preheat oven to 425. Grease 11" x 7" x 1/12" baking pan.

Into mixing bowl, sift flour and salt. Add shortening and cut in until
mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in 1 egg and mix until a soft dough is
formed. Spread dough in bottom of prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven 20
minutes. Remove and set aside.

Reduce oven temp to 350.

Prepare cherry filling: Drain cherries; reserve liquid. Add sufficient
water to liquid to make 1 cup. Put into saucepan and stir in 3 egg yolks,
Three fourths cup of the sugar, the tapioca and food coloring. Cook over low heat,
stirring constantly, until thickened and smooth. Remove from heat and stir
in cherries and lemon juice. Prepare meringue: Put 3 egg whites into mixing
bowl. Add vanilla and cream of tartar and beat until foamy. Gradually add
remaining sugar and continue beating until meringue is stiff and glossy.
Fold in chopped nuts. Pour cherry filling into crust in pan and spread with
meringue. Bake in preheated oven 20 minutes, or until meringue is golden.
Cool and cut into squares. Serves 8 to 10.

Taken from old newspaper clipping.

Posted to recipeludigest by "Brenda H. Alcorn" balcorn@earthlink.net on
Feb 03, 1998